60pc stipend-recipient girls drop out of HSC courses in 3 years
Govt admits failure in achieving
stipend project targets
Sixty in a hundred female students who received stipend in three academic sessions dropped out of the higher secondary courses. The stipend was primarily meant to contain the dropout rate...[ + ]
EC talks set some pace
in BNP unity move
Despite behind-the-scenes moves for reconciliation between the mainstream BNP and its splinter group after Thursday’s separate talks with the Election Commission, the factions appear to be sticking to their respective stances...[ + ]
Cooking oil, milk, vegetable prices
increase
Rice, flour prices start falling on retail market
The prices of soya bean and palm oil, milk power, chicken, egg and vegetables increased further in the week, although coarse rice and flour prices started declining on the retail market in Dhaka. Soya bean and palm oil prices further increased by Tk 2 in the week on the retail market, following an increase by Tk 100 a maund (37.3kg) on the wholesale market in the week. Market sources said increased supply and less demand pushed down the rice and flour prices, but poor supply pushed up the prices of many other essential goods...[ + ]
Talks to fail if Hasina not sent abroad: AL leaders
Senior Awami League leaders on Friday said government dialogues with political parties would be meaningless if the home adviser’s remark that the government was not thinking to send Sheikh Hasina abroad for treatment was true...[ + ]
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Former power secy freed, rearrested
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Former PMO secretary sent to jail
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South Zone Power Distribution Company planned
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Tripura minister resigns
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Forest officer suspended
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Yemeni MP shot dead
First Solution starts paying cheated expats
Southeast Bank has started paying to local beneficiaries of Bangladeshi expatriates, who were cheated by former owners of the UK-based First Solution Money Exchange...[ + ]
Use modern farm tech to boost output : adviser
Increased use of modern farm technologies is the only way to grow more food and meet the increasing demand, said the agriculture adviser, CS Karim, on Friday...[ + ]
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India’s Wipro reports 3 per cent quarterly profit rise
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Citigroup posts $5.1b loss due to hefty write-downs
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Spain announces 18b euro economic stimulus plan
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World tourism chiefs gather in Dubai
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Irish farmers protest during visit by EU chief Barroso
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A billion dollars not enough for Russian rich list
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Asian stocks close mostly down amid earnings, oil price concerns
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Euro climbs close to dollar high
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Red-hot oil prices continue to climb
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